Picks for a Saturday morning

It’s nice to be able to sleep in my own bed last night and get ready for a game in my home city.

And amazingly enough, it will even include a top 25 team.

After a solid week to start the season, I can only hope to continue during week 2.

Here’s my picks.

No. 2 Oregon (minus-21½) 42, Virginia 10: Remember that Virginia produced only 223 yards last week and that the Ducks can score three touchdowns pretty quickly.

No. 3 Ohio State (minus-27½) 38, San Diego State 10: Bradley Roby and Rod Smith are back for the Buckeyes after one-game suspensions. And don’t expect TOSU to sleepwalk for two straight weeks.

No. 4 Clemson (minus-52½) 70, South Carolina State 10: Sure, the Tigers just notched an impressive emotional win over Georgia. But Dabo and Co. won’t step back in this one — even with the mammoth odds.

No. 5 Stanford (minus-26), 31, San Jose State 10: David Foles will produce enough offense to keep the Spartans in this game.

No. 11 Georgia 31 (minus-3), No. 6 South Carolina 27: Don’t believe all of the doomsayers – yet. The most scrappy Bulldog is one with its back against the wall.

No. 16 Oklahoma 38 (-21), West Virginia 13: I like the Sooners defense. It reminds me of when they used to be really good.

No. 19 Northwestern (minus-10½) 27, Syracuse 16: The Wildcats are banged up with QB Kain Colter and RB Venric Mack ailing. But even with that, they have enough juice to squeeze the Orange.

No. 21 Wisconsin (minus-44½) 42, Tennessee Tech 0: Even though the Golden Eagles don’t figure to compete, don’t be surprised if Gary Andersen keeps something under wraps for Arizona State last week.

No. 22 Nebraska (minus-28) 42, Southern Mississippi 10: The Cornhuskers barely beat Wyoming last week. They will be facing a Southern Mississippi team that was throttled by Texas State in their Game 1. Even with Taylor Martinez’s injury, look for a big rushing game that will catapult the Cornhuskers to a more impressive performance in week 2.

No. 23 Baylor (-27½) 45, Buffalo 14: The Bears have a five-game winning streak, longest in the Big 12. They also have something to prove the nation. Look for the overmatched Bulls to wilt in the brutal Central Texas afternoon heat.

No. 24 TCU (minus-42½) 45, Southeast Louisiana 10: Both TCU starting quarterbacks will play early and often, but look for Gary Patterson to take his foot off the throttle with the game against Texas Tech looming on Thursday.

No. 25 USC (minus 14½) 31, WashingtonState 20: Not a good sign that the Cougars gave up 6.5 yards per rush last week, but look for “The Pirate” to keep things close.